Airstrikes leave trail of destruction in Sanaa

Saudi-led airstrikes target sites across the Yemeni capital of Sanaa, reportedly killing a total of 42 people in two days of assault. Jillian Kitchener reports.

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Saudi-led air strikes haven't let up.
Military bases in Yemen are pounded for a second day. The Houthi-controlled news agency says at least 42 people have died in this latest assault.
Now reduced to rubble, one airstrike targeted the home of a Houthi commander. Witnesses say one person was killed here, and at least four others were wounded.
This man says innocent civilians are getting caught in the cross-fire:
(SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) RELATIVE, JAMAL AL ANDOULI, SAYING:
"This is a brutal, barbaric aggression that attacks nothing but civilians and residential homes and destroys infrastructure. The victims from this attack are one martyr and four wounded, including one child who is in a critical condition."
Nearly 3,000 people have been killed in Yemen since March.
That's when a Saudi-led coalition intervened against Houthi rebels, in a bid to restore power to Yemen's exiled President.